otter

• Inflation
• Price of gasoline
• The pains of getting older (gonna be 50 next year)
• The division of Americans
• Brainwashing of our kids
• State of our countries government

I can go on but I'll stop there. Maybe I'm just not as tough and thick skinned as I used to be.

When I was driving home I thought of that scene in Shawshank Redemption where Andy approaches guard Mert: (Loved Mert's Character BTW)

"I'd only ask three beers apiece for each of my co-workers. Guard Mert: Ha! "Co-workers", get him that's rich ain't it? Andy Dufresne: I think a man working outdoors feels more like a man if he can have a bottle of suds."

Then I remembered I'd have to be in prison to stop at three beers. The good news: paid off the house last month. Slapped the check down a day before auto-pay kicked grinning like a cheshire cat and kindly demanded the final paper work. Teller said, 'Sir, we typically mail those. It takes time to write up". I said "I'll wait". Still gonna need some documents through the mail but it was still satisfying.

Hang in there guys and when that AV starts talking stuff an apple down its throat.

Dee74

I'm glad you made it back Otter.

D

otter

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Me too, the AV been eating it's wheaties.

Hevyn

Good to see you, Otter. Now seems like the perfect time to quit.

doggonecarl

What are these? Reasons your addiction is giving you to drink? Or reasons you are drinking?

I had reasons too when I drank. Good ones.

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday....

Then I took drinking off the table. Completely. The reasons to drink will always be there. The alcohol doesn't have to be.

otter

LoL, I didn't drink! The moral of the story was I've getting the urge lately and I'm leaning on this place more.

Hevyn

Well that's great then. Challenging times we're living through, for sure.

SoberLeigh

Good for you for coming back to SR, otter; it is really good to see you.

Good job to not yielding to the wiles of the AV.

Red78

I can definitely relate to some of those things and wanting to drink over them
but I guess there's always going to be a reason the AV can find to make one drink..hopefully you don't give in otter..

otter

I'm pretty sure I wont and thank you for the support.

I think I just need to stop turning on the news and worry only about only what I can control more. Except for the local morning news I have a crush on Mindy the anchor and they're pretty accurate with the weather.